--- title: England Football Team Does Mannequin Challenge After Scoring description: Jamie Vardy, Theo Walcott and Raheem Sterling celebrated a goal against Spain last night with their own take on the viral trend canonical: https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T10:43:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:42.347Z og:title: England Football Team Does Mannequin Challenge After Scoring og:description: Jamie Vardy, Theo Walcott and Raheem Sterling celebrated a goal against Spain last night with their own take on the viral trend og:url: https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0223986d11556420/6988aeace20a873bb4a933ed/gettyimages-623405534.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4494 og:image:height: 2528 og:image:alt: England v Spain - International Friendly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: England Football Team Does Mannequin Challenge After Scoring twitter:description: Jamie Vardy, Theo Walcott and Raheem Sterling celebrated a goal against Spain last night with their own take on the viral trend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0223986d11556420/6988aeace20a873bb4a933ed/gettyimages-623405534.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # England Soccer Team Celebrates Goal With a Mannequin Challenge > Sponsored content. 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Jamie Vardy of England (9) celebrates as he scores their second goal during the international friendly match between England and Spain at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 15, 2016 in London, England. Mike Hewitt—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 16, 2016 10:43 AM UTC It appears that the [Mannequin Challenge](http://time.com/4565174/mannequin-challenge-ranking/?iid=sr-link1) has gone truly transatlantic, as the English soccer team celebrated a goal against Spain on Tuesday night with their own take on the viral trend. In the [friendly match](http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37995183) against Spain at London’s Wembley Stadium, Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy scored a goal putting England in the lead at 2-0\. Instantly after the goal, he froze in the style of the trend that has hit social media in the U.S., and was joined by teammates Theo Walcott and Raheem Sterling in celebratory poses. > [](https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/798638817137819648) However, the England side’s celebrations were perhaps a little premature, as the match ended on a 2-2 tie. Spain later responded with their own version of the Challenge in their changing room, featuring two players declaring the words ‘Viva España’ and the rest of the team frozen in various hilarious poses. > [](https://twitter.com/ellarguero/status/798659232639782912) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/"},"headline":"England Soccer Team Celebrates Goal With a Mannequin Challenge","datePublished":"2016-11-16T10:43:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:42.347Z","description":"Not to be outdone, their opponents replied with their own version","url":"https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","sport","Football","Soccer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0223986d11556420/6988aeace20a873bb4a933ed/gettyimages-623405534.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0223986d11556420/6988aeace20a873bb4a933ed/gettyimages-623405534.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"England v Spain - International Friendly","caption":"England v Spain - International Friendly","creditText":"Mike Hewitt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4572786/england-soccer-mannequin-challenge/","name":"England Soccer Team Celebrates Goal With a Mannequin Challenge"}}]}] ```